eldertongue

Old English · noun

niehþu

Normalised nīehþu

Part of speech
noun, feminine
Declension
strong ō-stem
IPA
/ˈni͜yːx.θu/
Syllables
ˈni͜yːx · θu (2 syllables)
Modern English
nearnessvicinity

Meaning

  1. nearness

  2. vicinity

Declension

Declension of niehþu
SingularPlural
Nominative nīehþunīehþnīehþanīehþe
Accusative nīehþunīehþenīehþanīehþe
Genitive nīehþunīehþenīehþa
Dative nīehþunīehþenīehþum

All forms (5)

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *nāhwiþu. Equivalent to nēah (“close, near”) + -þu.

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